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Once a reliable Democratic voting bloc, Somali Americans increasingly turned away from the party in last week’s presidential election. Support for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, who won Minnesota ...

Nexus between the two can be traced back to 1969 when Dayr rains helped disguise military operations that led to overthrowal ...

Voters in Somaliland flocked to the polls on Wednesday to choose a president at a time when the region sees international ...

The Somaliland region goes to the polls on Wednesday in its sixth presidential election. The region, legally a part of ...

Voters in Somaliland’s Borama region line up to cast their ballots in a highly anticipated election. Photo by Kiprotich Peter, Election Observer. By Hussien Mohamed Yusuf . Addi ...

Women sit down on the floor as they wait to cast their vote during the 2024 Somaliland presidential election, at a polling ...

Voting is underway in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years ...

In his first term, Trump showed no interest in the US military footprint in Africa. Apparently on a whim, he ordered the ...

Voting is underway in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years ...

China, which casts infrastructural loans to African countries as mutually beneficial cooperation, rarely interferes in ...

Somaliland voters head to the polls to elect a president. This pivotal election may facilitate Somaliland's quest for ...